Effective reading strategy for EFL students in NO.9 middle school in Beijing CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study In China‚ English is a compulsory course‚ so in Chinese education system has an examination at the final end of each term in Junior or Senior high school. In the examination‚ it is mostly used as a way to test students’ English level‚ so English becomes an important course in school education. The exam will test students’ listening‚ reading and writing ability. Therefore teachers
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Education. (2005). Six key strategies for teachers of English language learners. Retrieved February 6‚ 2013 from http://www.all4ed.org/files/archive/publications/SixKeyStrategies.pdf Allot‚ R. (2003). Imitations in language and speech. Proceedings of the AISB ’03 Second International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts. The University of Aberystwyth Wales‚ 105-112. August‚ D.‚ & Hakuta‚ K. (Eds.). (1997). Improving schooling for language-minority children: A research agenda. Washington
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Major trends in 21st century ESL language teaching Teaching students to be literate is a high educational priority throughout the world. Though this area is one of our greatest priorities‚ it is also one of our greatest challenges. The classroom environment has changed from many years ago. Teachers face the challenges of a large population who do not speak English and have high transient rates. For this large population‚ becoming proficient in a new language is a very difficult transition. This
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Many of the highest ranked universities‚ reasonably‚ are using English language to teach in most relevant courses. It is an important reason of increasing the international students in overseas language centres. Foreigners are joining these centres to gain valuable language skills‚ and also verifying of experience‚ however‚ a few negative impacts on students still exist. Studying English Overseas has vast advantages. First of all‚ international students can gain knowledge of new culture from each
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BINH DUONG UNIVERSITY Faculty of Foreign Language GROUP 1: 1. NGÔ HOÀI PHONG 2. NGÔ THỊ KIM HƯƠNG 3. ĐỖ THỊ HIỀN TÂM 4. DƯƠNG NỮ HOÀNG PHƯƠNG ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank Supervisor Nguyen Minh Trang very much‚ who has helped us to make this research‚ and guided us through the research with his enthusiasm and dedication. We could not have made it this far without him. In addition‚ we would like to thank all members in our group for supporting each other and working hard
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Since the 1970’s there has been a movement to make learners the center of language instruction and it is probably best to view textbooks as resources in achieving aims and objectives that have already been set in terms of learner needs. Therefore‚ we must make every effort to establish and apply a wide variety of relevant and contextually appropriate criteria for the evaluation of the textbooks that we use in our language classrooms. We should also ensure “that careful selection is made‚ and that
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CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ADULTS (CELTA) Ealing‚ Hammersmith and West London College is an authorised centre for courses preparing trainees for the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). These courses provide initial training in English Language teaching and are intended for those who have no previous experience in this field‚ or whose experience is insufficient to qualify them to enter for the Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults
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must learn from the experiences. I have observed a class and I realized about many things that I will do in a near future. I always thought that teaching was easy. Throughout my life teachers have been teaching me many things but I have never wondered how they do that job. I have observed 5 aspects in a classroom‚ namely; activities‚ use of target language and mother tongue‚ materials‚ behavior and topic. I will start with activities. When I arrived to the school (Harmond hall) I was waiting for
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According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching‚ “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text the main skill which is going to be practiced is reading‚ the sub skills will be reading for gist and details‚ also using new vocabularies in the context. Enhancement of receptive skills will increase the rate at which students comprehend English language and allow students to practice new vocabulary
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Background Teaching English in Indonesia is still being a big challenge for Indonesian Teacher. It is the real impact of the way to face the globalization era. Indonesia‚ as a developing country‚ is forced to prepare itself to face the new era in all sectors including its manpower through education. In this situation‚ English‚ as an international language‚ has a very important role as a tool of communication to relate all nations in the world. So‚ as the participant in the era‚ Indonesian should
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